1、Warm-up,Warm-up,Memory Test,letter, serious, heart, philosophy, envelope, page, paper, 2,000 years, oxygen, scarf, rabbit, tick, five oclock, empty, hat, ox, universe, fur, hair, amazing, world, half an hour,Memory Strategies,1.Read the list of words quietly a few times. 2.Repeat the words aloud. Be
2、gin with one word, then two, then three and so on.,3.Think of the items visually, 4.Make connections between words, 5.Classify words grammatically, e.g. serious, empty, amazing (adjectvies).,3. Listen to four students talking about how they remember words. Match them with the strategies they use.,1
3、Daver,a) analytical-thinking about the structure of words,2 Luning,c) self-testing-doing personal tests or asking someone at home to test you,3 Tonghuan,b) visual-writing, drawing, connecting photos with words,4 Xiaofang,d) oral-saying words aloud, making connections between words,Answers: Daver b L
4、uning d Tonghuan a Xiaofang c,Tapescript Dave: I write down new words several times on paper. This helps me to _ them, too. Oh, and I also _ little pictures in my vocabulary book, you know, for “fur” Id maybe _ a fur coat.,spell,draw,draw,And I also _ the pages of the textbook in my head, you know,
5、photos might help me remember a few words, or even grammar _.,imagine,structures,Luning: I cant remember vocabulary very well. If I have to learn a lot of words I just _ them _ to myself, again and again, till I can remember them. Sometimes one word makes me think of another, in the list.,aloud,repe
6、at,Tonghuan: Mm, Its hard to say. It _ the words, but I often sort of simplify a word by breaking it up into different parts, you know, like “ entertain-ment”, and this helps me understand how they fit together.,depends on,Sometimes a word sounds _ in another word in Chinese, which helps me remember
7、 it.,similar,Xiaofang: This may sound silly, but I have a jar in my room. I write _ of new words on bits of paper and put them in the jar. After a week, I open the bag and see if I can remember the words in English.,translations,And I write translations in my vocabulary book and ask my mum to _ me.
8、And sometimes I _ myself on my way to school. You know, I say things in English to myself!,test,test,4. Choose three things that you are good at remembering or learning.,1 numbers: telephone numbers, dates, scores, prices,2 sounds: voices, pieces of music,3 machines: how to use and repair them,5 actions: using your hands, e.g. cooking, driving,6 places: names, directions,7 people: names, faces,8 smells: places, food,4 images: what people wear, details of houses,Work in pairs. Guess what your partner is good at learning. Tell each other about yourself.,
